[2][3] On 1 February, a special flight from Bangladesh evacuated 312 Bangladeshi citizens stranded in Wuhan.
[7][8] On 16 March, Flora stated that an additional 3 COVID-19 patients had been detected in Bangladesh, including 2 children.
The patient was aged over 70 and had various medical conditions like COPD, diabetes, hypertension, heart problems.
The three males were returnees from Italy and Kuwait while the female was a family member of a COVID-19 patient identified earlier.
[17][18] Till date, there were a total of 341 individuals tested among whom there were 48 known positive cases, 1 reported death, and 3 recoveries.
[19] Despite risks of spreading COVID-19, at least 25,000 Muslims joined a prayer named 'Khatme Shifa' after dawn to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, at Central Eidgah in Lakshmipur's Raipur.
[64][65] Till date, there were a total of 1076 individuals tested among whom there were 48 known positive cases, 5 reported deaths, and 15 recoveries.
[citation needed] However, experts claim that a large number of people remain undetected due to inadequate testing.
[67] Till date, there were a total of 1095 individuals tested among whom were 48 known positive cases, 5 reported deaths, and 15 recoveries.
[68] Patients with COVID-19 symptoms continued to die in hospitals without access to testing facilities in Barishal, Khulna, Lalmonirhat, Manikganj, and Patuakhali.
[69][70] According to press briefing, 153 more tests were performed and one new COVID-19 positive case was identified in the past 24 hours.
[73][74] The Health Minister of Bangladesh said in a video call conference that one more COVID-19 patient had died and 3 more COVID-19 positive cases were identified in the last 24 hours, taking the number of deaths to six and infected to 54.
[77] 100 families in Narayanganj was put in self-isolation after a deceased woman was found COVID-19 positive last night.
The IEDCR informed the district's civil surgeon around 7:00 pm (2 April) last night that the woman was infected with coronavirus.
The death toll now stands at 20, Dr. Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director, Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said during a briefing.
[85] The total number of tests conducted in last 24 hours were 981 among them 633 sample are collected from the capital[86] On 9 April 112 new people found positive and the death toll increased to 21.
[citation needed] The health authorities also stated that it tested 1,097 samples, mostly from Dhaka and some across the country.
[87] According to the MIS department of DGHS of Bangladesh, the death toll increased from 21 to 27 and the total detected case is 424.
[citation needed] More than 100,000 people defied Bangladesh's lockdown order on Saturday to attend the funeral of a senior leader of the Islamist party in the district of Brahmanbaria.
The funeral for Maulana Zubayer Ahmad Ansari, an Islamic teacher, broke the country's ban of no more than five people attending prayers at one time.
[citation needed] 492 was identified as positive for COVID-19 which is considerably the highest infected person in Bangladesh till now.
Bangladesh Bank announced Tk 30 billion refinancing fund for low-income professionals, farmers and small-business owners affected by the coronavirus shutdown.
The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh surged to 3,772 as the country registered 390 fresh cases in the last 24 hours.
[96][97] Novel Coronavirus cases passed the 7000th mark in Bangladesh and a record 641 people tested positive in a single day.
[99] Bangladesh has recorded the highest single day cases from coronavirus infection as 665 more people tested positive in the last 24 hours.
COVID-19[101] The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh surged to 11,719 as the country registered 790 new cases in the last 24 hours.
[115] The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh surged to 26,738 as the country registered 1,617 new cases in the last 24 hours.
[115] The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh surged to 32078 as the country registered 1873 new cases in the last 24 hours.
[115] The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh increased to 33610 as the country registered 1532 fresh cases in the last 24 hours and 28 more people died from COVID-19.
Three Bangladeshi cricketers Mashrafe Mortaza, Nafees Iqbal and Nazmul Islam were all confirmed to have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.